Game apparatus



y J. MILES. "Game Apparatus.

-No.'225,4o7'. Patented Mar. 9,1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MILES, OF CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT.

GAM E APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No."A 225,407, dated March 9, 1880.

Application filed August 26, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MILES, of Cheshire, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Substitutes for Dice; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and Vthe letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a side view, partly sectional, of the box with the device applied thereto; Fig. 2, the boX opened to show the device; Figs. 3 and 4, the count-wheel; Fig. 5, the coveringplate detached.

This invention relates to a device which may be used for dice in games or other purposes for which dice are now used, or in which similar devices are used for the chanceindication of numbers 5 and it consists in the construction hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claims.

In the illustrations the device is shown as applied to the bottom of a tobacco-box, the bottom being hiiiged to open as a cover, like the top, but a partition introduced near the bottom, so as to make separate compartments.

A is the partition or plate, on which is a stud, a, and onto this stud a concentric disk, B, is arranged so as to revolve freely thereon. The edge of this disk has teeth, in number corresponding to the number of combinations which can be made by the figures of two dice, as seen in Fig. 4, and over this a plate, C, is placed, covering all the figures except those beneath an opening, d, through the plate in radial line with the figures on the disk.

D is a stop, and also used to impart revolution to the disk. Its end plays beneath the edge of the disk, and so as to engage with the teeth on the disk.

Its operation is as follows: Draw the stop back against a rest, e. It engages between two teeth, and there holds the disk in that position. Certain figures are brought beneath the opening-as, for instance, 3 and G-as shown. Now release the stop D. It ies forward, and, bearing against the tooth of the disk in front of it, imparts a rapid revolution to the disk. Then the stop is brought back again against the rest c, stopping the disk and bringing and holding it to the count-position, the figures showing through the open#A ing, as before.

The object of thus positively arresting and holding the disk is that only one ligure or line of figures shall be presented beneath the opening, and so that the disk cannot be moved until the number presented is determined, and also to prevent any possible accidental movement of the disk until the count is so determined. 4 Y

On the reverse side of the disk other indicatingmarks may be made-as, for instance, one dot, two dots, three dots-as shown in Fig. 3. This is used in the same manner, and is designedfor trap-shooting, where the number of the trap to be pulled is indicated by lot without the knowledge of the shooter.

There may be an opening in the plate opposite the plate C, or the plate C lnay be removed and the disk inverted.

These illustrations are sufficient to show the use of this device for various games in which dice and similar articles are used.

This may be arranged in a case by itself, instead of a part of another article, as shown in Fig. 1, or so as to be hung upon the wall, or may be arranged as a part of backgammonboards or other game-tables.

I do not wish to be understood as broadly claiming a revolving wheel having upon its surface iigures or characters, to be by chance presented through an opening, as such, I am aware, is not new; but

Vhat I do claim is- The combination of the rotating disk B, constructed with teeth around its edge, and provided on its surface with iigures or characters in position corresponding to the said teeth, a plate, C, covering said disk, and with an opening through which but one line of said h'gures or characters will be exposed at the same time, with the spring-stop D, arranged to impart an indefinite revolution to the disk, and also as ameans for brin ging said disk, when stopped, into a position to expose one of the iigures or characters thereon, and rest e, all substantially as described.

' JOHN MILES.

Witnesses: t

Jos. G. EARLE, J oHN E. EARLE. 

